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UNITED STATES PATENT u OEErE.

JOHN B. BELGHER, F CHARLOTTE, MIGHIGANpASSIGNOR OF ON EHALF TO FRANK S. BELOHER, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,906, dated March 14, 1882.

(Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. BELCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at (Jharlotte, in the county of Eaton, State ot' Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Boot- Strap, of which the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ot' reference, is a specification.

This invention 'has for its object the manu- Io facture of a boot-strap especially applicable to rubber boots. which shall be strong, durable, and convenient.

1t consists ot' a metallic strap or loop provided with a holder and a support, being constructed as herein recited and described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a rubber boot provided with my improved straps. Figs.2 and 3 represent the metallic loop A and the holder B. Fig. 4

zo illustrates the arrangement ot' loop A and holder B before applying to the boot, and Fig.

5 the support l).

The metallic loop A is made with its top part rounding and smooth for the iingers, while its lower portion may be thinner and sufficiently light.

The holder Bis a piece of strong cloth covered with a coating ot rubber, 0r a combination of rubber and fabric of required dimensions, which is then slit, as shown in Fig. 3, to be folded on dotted line C, then passed through and placed around loop A, asin Fig. 4.

The support D is simply a piece, cut from prepared rubber and fabric, of sufficient thick- 35, ness and proper size to tit inside that portion of loop A which extends below topv of boot. The whole, being thus arranged, is placed between the boot and its lining, with the rounding top portion of loop A only extending above the top of the boot. v

It will be understood that the material of which the holderB and supportD are composed is of such a nature or prepared so that it will adhere to the parts of the boot-leg, and so that the usual vulcanizing'process will make 4.5 the attachment permanent, the holder B and support D thereby forming a double support to the loop A, preventing it from working loose at either side or lower end, the supportD also serving to lill up the space inside the loop A, 5o and preventing any uneven appearance on outside ot' boot.

This strap possesses a great advantage over all stiff or upright straps f'or rubber boots in use in that it is much more sightly, as the top part may have a bright or japauned finish; and it will not wear apart or become iiimsy by long use, as do all other straps which :are composed only ot' cloth and rubber or rubber fabric.-

I claimy 6o The combination ot' the metallic loop A, the cloth or rubber holder B, the cloth and rubber support 1),.and the rubber bootleg, as and for the purpose herein described and specilied,

In testimony whereof I hereby ax my sgnature -in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. BELCHER. YVitnesses: L. O. SMITH, SETE W. LOWELL. 

